Improvement in cements for the manufacture of brushes



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEO LElI ABBOTT, OF LEVVISTON, MAINE, ASSIGSOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ALBERT B. EDWARDS AND JOH1\ READE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CEMENTS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES.

Specification forming part oi Letters Patent No. 156,112, dated October 20, 1874; application filed March 13, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI ABBOTT, of the city of Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine,l1ave invented a new and Improved Cement or Composition, of which the following is a specification:

lhe object of the said invention is the combination of the following-named ingredients: lied lead, Portland or Roman cement, Rosendale cement, flowers of sulphur, and plasterof-paris, so as to produce a solid cement or composition, to be used in the manufacture of brushes, that is impervious to water and not affected by either heat or cold, and which will hold the bristles or brush-stock firmly in place.

To enable others skilled in the arts to which it appertains to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the method of compounding it.

To prepare the cement for use, take, by

measure, one 1) part of red lead one 1) part of Portland oi Roman me (1) pa1-t of Rosem a e cemen two .4 par s of flowers of sulphur, and twelve (12) parts of laster-ofpans, and mix with suificient weak lune-wafer 0 ma e the whole mass of about 1e consis ency of cream. \Vhile the lime-water is being added the ingredients must be well stirred to incorporate them thoroughly. Use at once.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A cement to be used in the manufacture of brushes and analogous articles, consisting of the within-named ingredients in substantially the proportions set forth.

LEVI ABBOTT. Witnesses:

J. A. KNIGHT,

CYRUS KNAPP. 

